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CALPADS error brief · GERR

GERR0001

Required Field Missing
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type GERR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

A required field for the submitted Records Type is missing

Focus fields

Fields validated

12.01 - Record Type Code

12.04 - Reporting LEA

12.05 - School of Attendance

12.06 - Academic Year ID

12.07 - SSID

12.08 - Student Legal First Name

12.09 - Student Legal Last Name

12.10 - Student Birth Date

12.11 - Student Gender Code

12.14 - English Language Acquisition Status Start Date

12.15 - Primary Language Code

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

Required fields checked

  • 12.01 Record Type Code
  • 12.04 Reporting LEA
  • 12.05 School of Attendance
  • 12.06 Academic Year ID
  • 12.07 SSID
  • 12.08 Student Legal First Name
  • 12.09 Student Legal Last Name
  • 12.10 Student Birth Date
  • 12.11 Student Gender Code
  • 12.14 ELAS Start Date
  • 12.15 Primary Language Code

Find the missing value at its source

Field familyLikely authorityImportant check
LEA, school, year, SSIDSENR, CALPADS, and SIS configurationCorrect student and reporting organization
Name, birth date, genderVerified student identity recordMust match the intended SSID
ELAS start dateAssessment and language-status historyEffective date of the submitted status
Primary languageOriginal Home Language Survey and authorized correctionsDo not infer from ethnicity, birthplace, or current English proficiency

A required field should never be populated with a convenient default. Blank identity or language data may signal the wrong student, an incomplete enrollment prerequisite, or a broken export mapping.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Locate the blank position

    Use the rejected row and current layout rather than relying only on the error summary.

  2. 2

    Confirm student and enrollment

    Match SSID, legal identity, Reporting LEA, and School of Attendance with accepted SENR/SINF information.

  3. 3

    Recover the authoritative value

    Use the appropriate identity, Home Language Survey, assessment, or ELAS record.

  4. 4

    Correct the earliest inaccurate system

    Repair the source field or export mapping that produced the blank.

  5. 5

    Regenerate and audit

    Submit a fresh SELA row and inspect other students with the same missing source value.

Official GERR0001 page